Farshid Zabihian is currently an Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering at West Virginia University Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 2011 from Ryerson University, Canada and his M.A.Sc. and B.Sc. both in Mechanical Engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology in 1998 and Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran in 1996, respectively. His research interest and personal passion is sustainability in general and sustainable energy in particular. He is the founder of Energy System Research Laboratory (ESRL) and has published more than 70 papers and 5 books and book chapter.